Sales of Custom-Label 2025 Rosé of Pinot Noir Will Benefit Rose FestivalEvolution Mobile Wine Bar Will Be On-Site from May 22 – June 7 May 5, 2026 (Dayton, OR) — [...]
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📺Six Burgundies, $35 to $450 — Which One Is Actually Worth Buying?
Six wines, one region, prices from $35 to $450 a bottle. We're tasting blind — no labels, no hints — trying to figure out where they're from and which ones a...
Applications Open for Allen Shoup Memorial Fellowship for Writers and Communicators
Fellowship returns for third year, offering recipients an immersive trip and stipend May 5, 2026 (Seattle, WA) — Applications are open for the 2026 Allen Shoup Memorial Fellowship for writers and communicators. Now [...]
Ferragamo Family Hosts Exclusive VIP Wine Experience Featuring Il Borro Winery with Special Appearance by Salvatore Ferragamo, CEO of Il Borro Wines, at Dee Lincoln Prime
May 5, 2026 (Frisco, TX) — Dee Lincoln Prime in Frisco will host an elegant and intimate VIP Wine Experience celebrating the legacy of designer Salvatore Ferragamo through the Ferragamo family-owned Il Borro [...]
Napa Valley Grapegrowers Launches Inaugural Napa Valley Grows eAuction
A curated collection of rare wines and meaningful experiences, rooted in stewardship and community May 5, 2026 (Napa, CA) — The Napa Valley Grapegrowers (NVG) is proud to announce the [...]
📺Test your WINE Knowledge with our QUIZ – WSET style wine questions (Episode #8)
Who doesn't love quizzes and trivia?? We sure do... so join us on this 8th installment of our Wine Quiz series as we lay out increasingly difficult wine worl...
Why wine can’t keep leaning on tradition alone
Europe’s wine industry faces slow digital transformation due to cultural reverence for tradition, long investment cycles, and fragmented technological adoption. While digital tools and automation are emerging, real systemic change is rare, as most innovation merely...
Bordeaux 2025 en primeur: Margaux sees ‘a vintage in which tiny details make big differences’
Db’s Bordeaux correspondent Colin Hay’s whistle-stop tour of the Médoc’s en primeur offerings starts this year in the south, in Margaux, it’s largest appellation. The post Bordeaux 2025 en primeur: Margaux sees ‘a vintage in which tiny details make big differences’...
Roll Over Beethoven Syndrome? Classical Music & Wine’s Identity Crisis
Jeff Siegel recently interviewed me for a Drinks Insider article called “What Happens if Wine Becomes Just Another Luxury? The Road to Irrelevance.” The article was inspired by a conversation we had about a decade ago (Jeff has a very good memory!) about parallels...
